Just stretching the Harry Potter franchise out a little bit further, The Los Angeles Times is reporting today that the final book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, will be split into two movies, scheduled for release in 2010 and 2011.

Quick! Before Daniel Radcliffe reaches retirement age!

Warner Bros. Pictures and the producers involved made the decision to take J.K. Rowling’s final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and split the story into two films.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I” will arrive in theaters in November 2010, while “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” will hit theaters in May 2011.

Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe sounded off on the decision, saying:

“I think it’s the only way you can do it, without cutting out a huge portion of the book. There have been compartmentalized subplots in the other books that have made them easier to cut — although those cuts were still to the horror of some fans — but the seventh book doesn’t really have any subplots. It’s one driving, pounding story from the word go.”

How the “Harry Potter” films will be split is still being hammered out. According to Producer David Heyman:

“The question will be, where do you break it? And how do you make them one but two separate and distinct stories? Do you break it with a moment of suspense or one of resolution?”

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